Malware attacks across the globe have increased for the second year in a row, the latest edition of SonicWall's annual Cyber Threat Report shows. In 2018, 10.52 billion malware attacks took place, a …
Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers
After compromising an ASUS server last year, threat actors installed a malicious backdoor on half a million computers sold by the Taiwan-based electronics giant, Kaspersky Lab claims. The hackers used …
Bank hackers team up to spread financial Trojans worldwide
Financial Trojans are among the biggest global cyber threats, and the risks for organizations and users only appear to be increasing, for new IBM research shows that the cybercrime groups behind …
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Researchers expose massive mobile adware and data stealing campaigns with 250 million downloads
In the latest sign that Google is failing to keep dangerous applications from appearing on the Play Store, researchers with Check Point Research have uncovered two malicious campaigns labeled SimBad …
Business PC users are most at risk in these 10 countries
A new report(pdf) by Avast indicates that home PCs running Windows 7, 8, and 10 PCs are almost twice as likely (20%) to be infected with malware than business PCs (11%). The reports also found …
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Cryptominers Remain Top Threat but Coinhive’s Exit Could Change That
A new report by Check Point shows that cryptominers, i.e. malware that hijacks the processing power of infected systems in order to mine cryptocurrency, remained the dominant malware threat in …
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Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading
In the summer of 2017, a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia experienced a worrisome security incident that cybersecurity experts consider to be the first-ever cyberattack carried out with "a blatant, …
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Windows malware: Slub taps Slack, GitHub to steal your info
Researchers with Trend Micro have discovered a new malware campaign in which victims are infected with 'Slub' malware through a watering hole attack on an unnamed website. The malware allows attackers …
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Banking Trojans flood the enterprise, Android attacks surge
Banking Trojans are growing threat to enterprises, a new Kaspersky Labs study shows. The company detected around 900,000 cyberattacks involving financial malware last year, which is 16% more than in …
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For enterprises, malware is the most expensive type of attack
New research by Accenture and the Ponemon Institute indicates that cybercrime is on the rise and that the resulting costs for organizations are increasing. The average number of breaches per …
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